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Ligustrum, Glossy Privet Fruit, Nu Zhen Zi FREE

ByAdam Tate

Ligustrum, Glossy Privet Fruit, Nu Zhen Zi 女贞子 Glossy PrivetNu Zhen Zi (TCM) Ligustrum lucidumCurtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 52 (1825) Ligustrum lucidum fruit(Photo by SABENCIA Guillermo César Ruiz) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Ligustrum lucidum; L. thibeticum is also used. Parts used: Fruit Temperature & Taste: Cool. Bitter, Sweet Classification:…

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Imperata, Bai Mao Gen FREE

ByAdam Tate

Imperata, Bai Mao Gen 白茅根 Japanese Blood Grass, Lalang Grass, Woolly Grass, Thatch GrassBai Mao Gen (TCM)Darbha (Ayurveda) Imperata cylindricaJaume Saint-Hilaire, J.H., La flore et la pomone francaises, vol. 5  (1832) Imperata cylindrica(Photo by L. M. Marsh) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Imperata cylindrica var. major Parts used: Root; also…

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Panax, Xi Yang Shen, American Ginseng PRO

ByAdam Tate

Panax, American Ginseng, Xi Yang Shen 西洋参 Xi Yang Shen (TCM) Panax quinquefoliumMedicinal Plants, Millspaugh, 1892 American Ginseng rootNotes on Pharmacognosy, Otto Augustus Wall, 1902 Botanical name: Panax quinquefolium Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Cool, moist. Sweet, slightly Bitter Classification: N. Yin Tonics Uses: 1. Benefits Qi, Nourishes Yin:-Yin-deficient Heat;-Chronic or low-grade Fever-aftermath of…

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Pyritum, Zi Ran Tong 自然铜

ByAdam Tate

Pyritum, Iron Pyrite, Zi Ran Tong 自然铜 Pyrite; Vulcan’s Stone: Lapis luminaris: Hephaestites: Lapis aerarius: ‘Fire Stone’:Zi Ran Tong (TCM)Vimala Makshik (Ayurveda)Pha Bang Long Bu ཕ་བང་ལོང་བུ་ (Tibetan Medicine)Marqashitha (Unani, from which our ‘Marcasite’ comes) Hortus sanitatis, 1491 Conradi Gesneri de Rerum Fossilium Lapidum et Gemmarum, 1565 Metallotheca Vaticana, Mercati, 1719 Photo: Rob Lavinsky iRocks.com Mineralogical…

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Raphani hortensis et sylvestris, Radish and Horseradish FREE

ByAdam Tate

Raphani hortensis et sylvestris, Radish, Garden & Horse-radish Radish:–Turb (Unani)Radish Seed–Lai Fu Zi 莱菔子 (TCM)–Tukhm e Turb (Unani) Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 HorseradishCochlearia armoraciaFlora von Deutschland (14), Kohler, 1883 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Raphanus sativa: Garden RadishCochlearia armoracia: Wild or Horseradish Parts used: Seed of…

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Lethariella, Hong Xue Cha PRO

ByAdam Tate

Lethariella, Hong Xue Cha 红雪茶 Red Snow TeaHong Xue Cha, Jin Si Shua (TCM)Gser skud  གསེར་སྐུད  (Tibetan) Lethariella cladonioides (Adam, 2016) Botanical name: Lethariella cladonioidesSynonyms: L. cashmeriana, L. sernanderi, Chlorea cladonioide, Usnea cladonioides Parts used: whole herb (Lichen) Temperature & Taste: Cool, moist. Bitter Uses: 1. Nourishes Heart and Blood, Calm the Spirit, Settles Wind;-nervousness,…

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Oyster Shell, Mu Li 牡蛎

ByAdam Tate

Oyster Shell, Mu Li 牡蛎 Testa Ostrearum, Concha OstrearumMu Li (TCM) Oyster(Photo by Anthere) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Zoological name: Ostrea spp. including O. edulis Parts used: Shell Temperature & Taste: Cold (balanced in old TCM texts), dry. Salty Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Calms the Heart and Spirit, Stops Wind:-Headache, Dizziness,…

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Rauwolfia, Sarpagandha PRO

ByAdam Tate

Rauwolfia, Sarpagandha Snake rootSarpagandha (Ayurveda.)Asrol, Choti-Chandan (Unani)Bai Hua Lian, Shan Ma Ti (TCM) Rauwolfia serpentinaCurtis’s Botanical Magazine, 1804 Rauwolfia root(Calcutta Unani College, Adam, 2019) Botanical name: Rauwolfia serpentinaother species used in India include R. beddomei, R. densiflora, R. micrantha;R. tetraphylla (syn. R. canescens) is also used but is low enough in alkaloids to be considered…

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Cymbopogon, Lemongrass

ByAdam Tate

Cymbopogon, Lemongrass Bhutika (Ayurveda)Vasanaipillu (Siddha) Rumphius, G.E., Herbarium amboinense (1747) Lemongrass(Adam, 2019) Botanical name: Cymbopogon citratus Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Pungent, Bitter, Sour Uses: 1. Moves the Qi:-indigestion, colic, gas, cramps-menstrual cramps and pain-used for mild cases of anxiety, nervousness and hypertension 2. Clears Phlegm, Stops Cough:-Cough, Bronchitis with yellow Phlegm-Asthma,…

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Polygonum hydropier, Persicaria, Water Pepper

ByAdam Tate

Polygonum hydropier, Persicaria Water Pepper, Arsmart, HydropeperiFilfil al-ma (Unani) Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Polygonum hydropierSvensk botanik, Palmstruch et al], 1807 Botanical name: Persicaria hydropiper (syn. Polygonum hydropier)Salmon (Seplasium) describes two types:  1. Dead or Spotted, which is Persicaria, or (Mild) Arsmart, has little or no taste, like Sorrel; this is…

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Mangifera, Mango FREE

ByAdam Tate

Mangifera, Mango Mango–Amra, Rasaal, Sahakar (Ayurveda)–Aam, Anba, Ambaj (Unani)–Mang Guo (TCM)Mango kernel:–Khasta Aam (Unani)–a bras  ཨ་འབྲས (Tibetan)–Mang Guo He (TCM) MangoFlora Sinensis, Boym, 1653 MangoFlore d’Amérique, Denisse, 1843-1846 Mango kernel for sale at the Chengdu Medicine Market (Adam, 2016) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Mangifera indica, M. persiciformis Parts used: Kernel…

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Convolvulus, Shankhapushpi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Convolvulus, Shankhapushpi Dwarf Morning GloryWhite-flowered variety–Shankhapushpi (Ayurveda)–Sivakrandi (Siddha)Blue-flowered variety:–Vishnukranti, Vishnu gandhi (Ayurveda)–Vishnukrandi (Siddha)–Sankhaholi (Unani) C. microphyllusWight, R., Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis, vol. 4 (1846) C. alsinodesBurman, J., Thesaurus Zeylanicus, (1737) Evolvulus alsinoides(Photo by Lalithamba, cropped) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Convolvulus spp.  1. White-flowered Variety (primary): Convolvulus microphyllus (syn. C. pluricaulis, C. prostratus)  2. Blue-flowered variety is…

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